By Ted GrussingSaturday morning, I woke early and was in the air by 7A and on my way to begin re-shooting the Grand Canyon with my Canon 5DsR 50MP camera. For this flight I used the 24-70 F2.8 lens as the goal was to get large airscapes as opposed to close in shots of different features. One of my favorite places at the canyon is the Confluence of the Little Colorado River and the Colorado River. When there has been no water flow in the Little Colorado at the Cameron measuring station for several days the mineral rich water from…
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Sedona Lit is a series by Dr. Elizabeth Oakes, an award winning poet and former Shakespeare professor. A Sedonian of three years, she will highlight the literature, written or performed, of Sedona, past and present.By Elizabeth Oakes(May 30, 2016)In the 1930s Arizona was just becoming a tourist destination, and one who came to visit and stay was British novelist, playwright, critic, and wit J. B. Priestley, who lived on Remuda Ranch in Wickenburg for two years. In this, oh, so different climate and culture from England, he and his family found freedom, fun, enchantment, and even a different view of…
By Sherry Twamley, Cottonwood Resident(May 29, 2016) The current proposed City of Cottonwood FY 2017 documents are being presented in a way that makes it more difficult to compare the proposed level of expenditures to income (revenues) that includes the cost of pensions and other fringe benefits and are extremely misleading. And press coverage of the proposed budget, therefore, has apparently been limited to the story the Mayor wants to tell. The budget is what the city wants to spend, including proceeds of loans.
Multiple details will be held in effort to reduce injury and fatal collisionsVerde Valley AZ (May 28, 2016) – The Arizona Department of Public Safety (ADPS), along with the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, will be working together this Memorial Day weekend in an effort to reduce injury and fatal collisions statewide.During the Memorial Day weekend last year there were five fatal collisions investigated by Arizona troopers.This year, as they have done in past years, troopers will be targeting impairment and driving behaviors that are dangerous to the motoring public in Arizona.
Sedona AZ (May 28, 2016) – Sedona’s Dancing Dakini Press has earned two book honors for their new children’s book Orangutan: A Day in the Rainforest Canopy! Written and illustrated by longtime Arizona resident Rita Goldner, Orangutan: A Day in the Rainforest Canopy earned both a Nautilus Book Award silver award and an International Book Award honor. Nautilus Book Awards honors books that inspire and connect our lives as individuals, communities, and global citizens. The International Book Awards honors worldwide excellence in traditional and independent publishing.
By Ted Grussing… going about our daily business I wonder how many people we pass by in the same manner as this Great Blue Heron who was looking for a better fishing spot than he had just left. No saying hi as he passed with a rather grim face … the mallard seems to cock his head with a little attitude and in split seconds the encounter is over and both creatures go on with life … so at least proffer a smile to those you pass today.
Sedona AZ (May 27, 2016) – In an effort to protect Oak Creek from pollutants, and as part of administering the Storm Water Quality Management Program, the city of Sedona Public Works Department is requesting public comment on their Storm Water Master Plan. This public outreach also helps maintain compliance with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).
Chaz Ebert to be Keynote speaker for Conscious Film Convergence Sedona AZ (May 27, 2016) – The Honorable Dr. Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith, a pioneer in the world of conscious cinema and founder of the culturally, racially and spiritually diverse trans-demoninational Agape International Spiritual Center, will receive the inaugural Conscious Visionary Award at the 2016 Illuminate Film Festival following the world premiere of Love, Sweat and Tears at 7 p.m. on June 3 at the Sedona Performing Arts Center.
By Bridget Rowan, Reference LibrarianSedona AZ (May 27, 2016) – Do you remember participating in a summer reading program as a child? Perhaps you’ve even signed your children up for the annual reading club. For the first time ever, Sedona Public Library is incorporating adults into the summer reading program! The program for lifelong readers runs from May 31 through July 31, and you can register now.
By Bishop, Summer Trainee (May 26, 2016) Why beauty? It breaks us free of the domination of economics; it is the path for living well. — Dandy RandyHuge snails were seized at LA Airport, a delicacy in Hollywood salons, also when not being eaten they are able to eat paint and stucco off the side of brick houses if veggies are not available. Not far away, a famous movie star is building a nine-foot fence to protect her family from noise and neighbors (and no, she is not going to build near the Posse Grounds.) Meanwhile In a hotel nearby a peevish,…
By Ted Grussing… it’s always a sweet day when you have final glide back to the field and arrive with lots of extra altitude …above the cowling on the right is Big Park and the Village of Oak Creek trailing up and to the left Jacks Canyon and Pine Valley and just above the cowling on the right is Verde Valley School. Cathedral Rock is left of center and Red Rock Crossing just to the left and a little below that. The populated area to the left is the Chapel area and below the feathered prop is part of the…
Sedona AZ (May 26, 2016) – Friday, June 3rd through Sunday, June 5th, Running River School is hosting the 4th Annual Running River School Rummage Sale on their school grounds located outside the Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District Building at 221 Brewer Road, Sedona. This annual fundraiser has been supporting teacher needs since 2013. A new Tuition Assistance program being implemented for the fall is what the funds will be used for this year.
Sedona AZ (May 26, 2016) – It’s just about that time again. The phone will start ringing at the most inconvenient times. The mailbox will be stuffed with cards and flyers. TV ads will take on a distinctly combative tone. And signs will sprout up, seemingly overnight, in the neighbors’ yards and all around the city.
By Steve DeVol, Publisher(May 25, 2016)”Once they’re loose, it doesn’t any good to close the corral,” is the old adage said by the wise old cowboy. Well, Arizona legislators have closed the gate with HB 2391. After three years of persistently working with legislators, a small group, led by Cottonwood resident Sherry Twamley, succeeded in closing this loophole in the law pertaining to the acquisition of water utilities.
By Ted Grussing… a beautiful piano composition written and performed by my cousin Eric Spicard, check his “my space” page out at: https://myspace.com/erikspicard .